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Letter, from Christoph Sand to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg

Reference number: EL/S1/128

Date: 24 January 1673

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Asks the meaning of a phrase in 'Philosophical Transactions'; details of two people who cut new teeth when they were over sixty; concerning Robert Scot's claim to have determined longitude

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EL/S1/128
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24 January 1673
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Christoph Sand

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Christoph Sand, Letter, from Christoph Sand to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg, 24 January 1673, EL/S1/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_128/letter-from-christoph-sand-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hamburg, accessed on 16 July 2025

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